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Piedmont: Any Interesting Producers Other than Wine

Sorry for repeating myself. I believe I asked this before as part of another thread but got no replies.Looking for small producers that we can visit around Alba/Asti. Chocolate, candy, cheese, snail farms in Cherasco, or anything else I may be overlooking.

I checked my old notes and came across this entry - a place we didn't have time to visit:

Cascina San Cassiano (Siamo in Localita San Cassiano 4), a food production facility which makes vegetables in oil, starters, ragout, sauces, james, fruit in syrup, etc. They also have a showroom in the Gallo Wine Gallery (Via XX Setembre 3, La Morra)

Coming down from Lake Orta you will go through the rice fields around Vercelli which produce all the famous Italian risotto. The Pricipato di Lucedio located at Trino (exit at Vercelli or Casale Monferrato) is an old rice grange which gives visitors an introduction to rice cultivation and production.

As the other poster said, check in the Slow Food centre in Bra for a list of local producers of artisan foods.